62 OVER ON THE ISLAND are in Charlottetown until the bells ring at a quarter to eleven! The most historic edifice in the capital is the Colonial Building. It breathes an air of the past from the worn flagstones at its front door to its dusty old attic. It houses the government officials' offices and the Island's proudest historical possession—the Confederation Room. In this room was held on September 1, 1864, the famous Con¬ ference, out of which grew ultimately the Dominion of Canada . It was one of the meetings of history. The course of events was, in a way, unexpected. Prince Edward Island , Nova Scotia , and New Brunswick had decided that three could live together more cheaply than three separately. They called a meeting to discuss the suggestion. Canada heard of this meeting . . . I like the way history describes this event— ". . . there came knocking for admission at the doors of the Charlottetown Convention eight delegates from Canada ." A schoolgirl told me that she could not visualize the meeting properly. She saw only the picture which the sentence actually gave. She saw those eight men laden with official documents and ideas, tired and dusty after their journey, trying to find the Colonial Building. And then, having found it, they walk along those grey flagstones trying to locate the room. Finally the janitor shows them the way up. They pause. Who will knock? History seems to imply that they all knocked. A strangely delightful picture that—of eight men in a row knocking at the door of the convention. Finally some one